Dr Guoquan Liu

Research Officer

Centre for Crop Science (QAAFI)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science

Research Fellow

Centre for Crop Science

+61 7 336 52504

g.liu2@uq.edu.au

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Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Master of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University

Researcher biography

Dr. Guoquan Liu has more than ten years experience in sorghum tissue culture and genetic transformation. He developed a highly efficient sorghum particle transformation system in 2012. Since then, hundreds of transgenic plants have been regenerated from tens of constructs that are invoved in plant disease resistant genes (e.g. Lr34), report gene (gfp), specific-promoters (e.g. alpha- beta- kafirin, A2, LSG), G proteins etc.. He has trained many students how to transform sorghum including honor students, master students, and PhD students.

He has focused on improving sorghum grain yield and grain quality through biotechnologies including genetic transformation, genome-editing, synthetic biology, and plant apomixis.

Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Journal Articles (11)

Conference Paper (1)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapters

Liu, Guoquan, Gilding, Edward and Godwin, Ian D. (2014). Genetic Transformation and Breeding. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Sorghum. (pp. 251-283) edited by Yi-Hong Wang and Chittaranjan Kole. Boca Raton: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b17153

Liu, Guoquan, Campbell, Bradley C. and Godwin, Ian D. (2014). Sorghum genetic transformation by particle bombardment. In Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado (Ed.), Cereal genomics: methods and protocols (pp. 219-234) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-715-0-18

Journal Articles

Zhang, Yan, Restall, Jemma, Crisp, Peter, Godwin, Ian and Liu, Guoquan (2021). Current status and prospects of plant genome editing in Australia. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s11627-021-10188-y

Liu, Guoquan, Zhang, Yan, Gong, Hao, Li, Shan, Pan, Yunrong, Davis, Christopher, Jing, Hai-Chun, Wu, Luguang and Godwin, Ian D. (2021). Stem vacuole-targetted sucrose isomerase enhances sugar content in sorghum. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14 (1) 53, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13068-021-01907-z

Wang, Lanxiang, Lui, Andy C W, Lam, Pui Ying, Liu, Guoquan, Godwin, Ian D and Lo, Clive (2020). Transgenic expression of flavanone 3‐hydroxylase redirects flavonoid biosynthesis and alleviates anthracnose susceptibility in sorghum. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18 (11) pbi.13397, 2170-2172. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13397

Peng, Cheng, Wang, Hua, Xu, Xiaoli, Wang, Xiaofu, Chen, Xiaoyun, Wei, Wei, Lai, Yongmin, Liu, Guoquan, Godwin, Ian Douglas, Li, Jieqin, Zhang, Ling and Xu, Junfeng (2018). High-throughput detection and screening of plants modified by gene editing using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The Plant Journal, 95 (3), 557-567. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13961

Vanhercke, Thomas, Belide, Srinivas, Taylor, Matthew C, El Tahchy, Anna, Okada, Shoko, Rolland, Vivien, Liu, Qing, Mitchell, Madeline, Shrestha, Pushkar, Venables, Ingrid, Ma, Lina, Blundell, Cheryl, Mathew, Anu, Ziolkowski, Lisa, Niesner, Nathalie, Hussain, Dawar, Dong, Bei, Liu, Guoquan, Godwin, Ian D, Lee, Jiwon, Rug, Melanie, Zhou, Xue-Rong, Singh, Surinder P and Petrie, James R (2018). Up-regulation of lipid biosynthesis pathway increases the oil content in leaves of Sorghum bicolor. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17 (1), 220-232. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12959

Schnippenkoetter, Wendelin, Lo, Clive, Liu, Guoquan, Dibley, Katherine, Chan, Wai Lung, White, Jodie, Milne, Ricky, Zwart, Alexander, Kwong, Eunjung, Keller, Beat, Godwin, Ian, Krattinger, Simon G. and Lagudah, Evans (2017). The wheat Lr34 multipathogen resistance gene confers resistance to anthracnose and rust in sorghum. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15 (11), 1387-1396. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12723

Liu, Guoquan, Lamont, Kyle C., Ahmad, Norazlina, Tomkins, Alison, Mudge, Stephen R., Gilding, Edward K. and Godwin, Ian D. (2017). The functionality of α-kafirin promoter and α-kafirin signal peptide. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 128 (1), 133-143. doi: 10.1007/s11240-016-1093-3

Li, Cheng, Liu, Guoquan, Liu, Qiaoquan, Godwin, Ian D and Gilbert, Robert G (2015). Characterization of the time evolution of starch structure from rice callus. Carbohydrate Polymers, 127, 116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.03.046

Liu, Guoquan, Gilding, Edward K and Godwin, Ian D (2015). A robust tissue culture system for sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. South African Journal of Botany, 98, 157-160. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.03.179

Liu, Guoquan, Gilding, Edward K. and Godwin, Ian D. (2013). Additive effects of three auxins and copper on sorghum in vitro root induction. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 49 (2), 191-197. doi: 10.1007/s11627-012-9488-2

Liu, Guoquan and Godwin, Ian D. (2012). Highly efficient sorghum transformation. Plant Cell Reports, 31 (6), 999-1007. doi: 10.1007/s00299-011-1218-4

Conference Paper

Borrell, Andrew, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Oosterom, Erik van, Hammer, Graeme, Mace, Emma, Godwin, Ian, Liu, Guoquan, Wong, Albert, Matiwos, Temesgen, Bantte, Kassahun, Christopher, Jack, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Robinson, Hannah and Jordan, David (2020). How do crops balance water supply and demand when water is limiting?. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2019 , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11–13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036208

Thesis

Liu, Guoquan (2016). Manipulating seed storage proteins to enhance sorghum digestibility. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.497